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Jay Sterner Hammond was an American politician of the Republican Party,who served as the fourth governor of Alaska from 1974 to 1982. Hammond was born in Troy,New York and served as a Marine Corps fighter pilot in World War II with the Black Sheep Squadron. In 1946,he moved to Alaska where he worked as a bush pilot. Hammond served as a state representative from 1959 to 1965 and as a state senator from 1967 to 1973. From 1972 until 1974 he was the mayor of the Bristol Bay Borough. Then,in 1974,he was elected governor of Alaska.
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The 2022 Alaska at-large congressional district special election was held on August 16 to fill the seat left vacant after the death of Republican incumbent Don Young. Mary Peltola defeated former governor Sarah Palin in the election,becoming the first Democrat to represent Alaska in the House since 1972,the first Alaska Native elected to Congress,and the first woman elected to represent Alaska in the House.
The 2024 Anchorage mayoral election will be held on April 2,2024,to elect the mayor of Anchorage,Alaska. If no candidate receives more than 45% of the vote in the first round,the two highest-placing candidates will advance to a runoff election on May 14. Incumbent Republican mayor Dave Bronson is running for re-election to a second term in office.
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